This page contains resources from the Seminar on School Technology Leadership in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia hosted by the Institute of Educational Leadership, University of Malay. These materials are made available under a Creative Commons 3.0 attribution-share alike license, which means that you are both allowed and encouraged to use them! Please contact Drs. Jayson Richardson or John Nash if you have any other questions about these resources.

Powerpoint Slidedeck

March 21, 2012
  1. Needs Assessment
  2. See Results

March 22, 2012

  1. Backchannel: #stlmalaya
  2. Backchannel option 2: http://todaysmeet.com/stlmalaya
  3. Needs assessment survey (see results)
  4. Will Richardson: “Bold” schools

NCTE 21st century literacies
  1. Group 1
  2. Group 2
  3. Group 3
  4. Group 4
  5. Group 5
  6. Group 6
  7. Group 7
  8. Group 8
  9. Group 9
  10. Group 10
  11. Group 11
  12. Group 12

Operationalizing
  1. Effort-impact matrix (find the tab with your group number!); see also BLANK
  2. Mission impossible (find the tab with your group number!); see also theme song and BLANK
  3. Reverse assumptions (find the tab with your group number!); see also BLANK
  4. 6–3-5 brainstorming (find the tab with your group number!); see also BLANK
  5. Lotus blossom BLANK

Boot Camp

End of Day Evaluations HERE.
See Results HERE.

March 23, 2012
  1. Backchannel: #stlmalaya
  2. Backchannel option 2: http://todaysmeet.com/stlmalaya
  3. Needs assessment survey (see results)
  4. Will Richardson: “Bold” schools

Operationalizing
  1. Mission impossible (find the tab with your group number!); see also theme song and BLANK
  2. Reverse assumptions (find the tab with your group number!); see also BLANK
  3. Effort-impact matrix (find the tab with your group number!); see also BLANK
  4. 6–3-5 brainstorming (find the tab with your group number!); see also BLANK
  5. Lotus blossom BLANK


Boot Camp

End of Day Evaluations HERESee Results HERE


Thinking / group facilitation tools

  1. SCAMPER
  2. Book: The innovator’s toolkit
  3. Book: Gamestorming
  4. Book: Thinkertoys

Leadership resources
  1. Scott’s landing page for parents and educators [USE THIS WITH EDUCATORS, BOARDS, AND PARENTS]
  2. Implementation dip
  3. Diffusion of innovation
  4. Gartner’s hype cycle
  5. Bolman & Deal frameworks
  6. Resistance to change
  7. Agreement and trust
  8. Can schools change?
  9. Leadership Day (2007 — 2011)
  10. Change Week wrap-up
  11. IBM’s Change Toolkit
  12. Book: Influencer
  13. Book: The knowing-doing gap
  14. Book: Execution
  15. Book: The future of management (read my review)

Technology integration resources
  1. Technology and learning spectrum
  2. TPACK (see also handout)
  3. Technology integration matrix
  4. Learning activity types: wiki and mind map
  5. Web 2.0 that works
  6. Teacher needs in anticipation of the instructional use of technology
  7. Technology, coaching, and community
  8. Educational technology bill of rights for students

Problem– / Inquiry– / Challenge-based learning resources
  1. Science Leadership Academy (Philadelphia, PA) core values
  2. Center for Authentic Intellectual Work
  3. Buck Institute for Education (videos; student testimony and teacher restructuring; technology and PBL)
  4. College and Work Readiness Assessment (example report)
  5. Whitfield Career Academy (example projects)
  6. Discovery and Unlimited (Christchurch, New Zealand)
  7. Big Picture Learning (podcasts and videos; student testimony and personalization)
  8. EdVisions (videos; traditional v. self-directed students)
  9. Envision Schools (PBL in action and success story)
  10. Expeditionary Learning (stories)
  11. New Tech Network (videos; solar oven)
  12. Independent Curriculum Group
  13. Band of Educators
  14. CASTLE’s list of exemplary 21st century schools

Standards and reports you should know about
  1. NCTE 21st century literacy standards
  2. ISTE essential conditions (see also rubric)
  3. National Educational Technology Standards (NETS): Administrators, Teachers, and Students
  4. NAIS Guide for Becoming a School of the Future: PDF or HTML interactive

RSS resources (build your internal capacity as learners)
  1. Kathy’s basket
  2. Google Reader
  3. RSS Guide for Educators [a work in progress!]
  4. CASTLE blogs
  5. Great blogs for busy administrators
  6. A huge list of school leadership blogs (and Twitter IDs)
  7. Subject-specific blogs

Presentation resources
  1. Online Stopwatch
  2. Timer Tab

CASTLE resources
  1. Dangerously Irrelevant (Scott)
  2. Mind Dump (Scott)
  3. Education Recoded (CASTLE directors)
  4. CASTLE
  5. Video: Iowa, Did You Know?
  6. Recommended reading (including Scott’s new book!)
  7. Recommended viewing
  8. Other resources





End-of-day evaluation results


  1. March 22 (result)
  2. March 23 (results)